WHILE the Kent County Cross Country Championships at Wilmington may not have been a vintage one for Blackheath & Bromley, there were some notable efforts. Six individuals won medals and five sets of team medals, one of which was gold. In the
Blackheath 18 v Cinderford 20. An outstanding performance from Rory Teague saw Cinderford snatch victory at the death and consign Blackheath to only their second home defeat of the season. Trailing by six points going into the final quarter at Rectory
Staines 22-17 Gravesend. Gravesend deserved more from this fixture, in a game they out played their opposition in set scrum and line-out and when the backs impressed with ball in hand. Trailing 16-7 at the interval, and a penalty count
NEIGHBOURS raised the alarm after an elderly woman had a fall in her home in Orpington today (January 8). Emergency services were called to the scene in Reed Avenue at around 1.15pm because the neighbours were concerned about the pensioner,
ABOVE-FREEZING temperatures mean gritters will not be sent out in Bromley tonight. The mercury is not expected to fall below around 6C so the machines will not be needed to salt the main routes across the borough. And current forecasts
TRAFFIC is slightly delayed near Bromley North station due to an earlier accident. Tweedy Road is partially blocked both ways between College Road and East Street/ Sherman Road because of the collision which happened at around 2pm. Police
CRAY continued their bright start to the New Year with a second successive away win, taking them to sixth in the table after overcoming Canvey Island. With midfielder Aaron Day joining club captain and centre half Mark Willy on the injured list
A WEEKEND of celebratory events is planned for when Greenwich becomes a royal borough next month. The Letter Patent, a document formally confirming the borough’s Royal status and signed by the Queen, will be presented to Greenwich on February
TIME is running out for volunteers to apply to get involved with the Crystal Palace Park project group. Bromley Council is looking for community stakeholders to take part in a management board to improve and attract more visitors and investment
CARS were wrecked, roads blocked and homes damaged by uprooted trees as storms battered the borough. Bromley Council received more than 85 reports of fallen trees because of the high winds last week. And these pictures taken by Polly
ENTERPRISING scouts saw the effects of their fundraising when they jetted to Kenya for an expedition. The fifty scouts and leaders left their families behind to spend just over a week with orphans in the east African country. They worked for a year
BROMLEY Council is still after people’s views on how it can make £30m in cuts to services over the next three years. It has been holding a public consultation exercise since last November and it closes on January 23. Council leader Councillor
A HEDGEHOG and his friends have moved into a children’s ward after a pupil put pen to paper and came up with a winning prickly portrait. Harry the Hedgehog was originally drawn by Leah Sims as a piece of GCSE graphics homework at Charles Darwin
GOALS from Lee Clarke, Dean Cracknell, and Luis Cumbers contributed to Welling United’s crushing 5-1 victory over Truro. The disappointments of Welling’s festive period were put behind them as they cruised to victory over a Truro side over reliant on
